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Ranking Arizona Football’s Opponents from Worst to Best

By Eric Townsend

TUCSON, AZ - SEPTEMBER 24: The Arizona Wildcats take the field prior to the college football game against the Washington Huskies at Arizona Stadium on September 24, 2016 in Tucson, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
TUCSON, AZ - SEPTEMBER 24: The Arizona Wildcats take the field prior to the college football game against the Washington Huskies at Arizona Stadium on September 24, 2016 in Tucson, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) /
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BOULDER, CO – OCTOBER 07: Quarterback Steven Montez #12 of the Colorado Buffaloes celebrates a touchdown against the Arizona Wildcats at Folsom Field on October 7, 2017 in Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
BOULDER, CO – OCTOBER 07: Quarterback Steven Montez #12 of the Colorado Buffaloes celebrates a touchdown against the Arizona Wildcats at Folsom Field on October 7, 2017 in Boulder, Colorado. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images) /

No. 9 – Colorado Buffaloes

2017 Record: 5-7 (2-7)

One of the more difficult teams to predict in this projection, I feel it’s fair to put Colorado at nine. A big reason why is that the Buffaloes lose quite a bit of talent, primarily on offense.

Quarterback Steven Montez will undoubtedly lead the Buffaloes offensively, however, the Buffaloes lose a lot of production in the departures of running back Phillip Lindsay as well as receivers Bryce Bobo, Devin Ross and Shay Fields.

Defensively, Colorado returns a number of players, but as you may recall, Colorado was absolutely shredded in Khalil Tate’s big time performance in Boulder.

Tate ran for an FBS record 327 yards by a quarterback on 14 carries with four touchdowns.

You can re-live those moments here:

Colorado comes to Tucson in November and will play the Wildcats on a Friday night. After a shorter week on travel, this will be a fairly tough game for the Buffaloes.

Given their uncertainty at a number of positions, look for this one to be one of Arizona’s easier games.

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